Combination tool



Nov. 6 E923. B53733186 JOHNSGAARD COMBINATION TooL Filed April 18. 1922 Cil Patented Nov. ti, lg.

iatale EMIL JOHNSGARD, OF FAIBIVIEW, MONTANA. f

COLWBINATION TOOL.

Application le April 18, 1922.

T a-ZZ w from t may concern:

Be. it known that l', EMIL .lorriisGAiinm a citizen ot the United States, resi-ling at Fairview. in the county of Richland and State ot Montana, have invented certain new and use'l'ul improvements in Combination Tools, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to an improved com pound tool and seks, as one of' its principal objects, to provide a tool employing a tool shank having a handle thereon normally alining with the shank and wherein the handle may be turned to a position at right angles to the shank to form a mallet.

The invention has as a further object to provide a tool wherein thc handle will normally be yieldably locked in alinement with. the tool shank.

And the invention has as a still Jfurther object to provide a tool wherein the handle will he equipped with a u -shaped strip constituting a pair of jaws to coact with the shank and wherein the handle will be of such type that various tools may be employed in connection therewith.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved tool` Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the device, i

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the handle or the tool disposed to term a. mallet, and

Fig.` l is an elevation ot a slightly modiied form of tool.

ln carrying the invention into effect, l employ a tool shank l0 provided with a tapered inner end ll while at its outer end the shank is preferably formed with a screwdriver bit l2. 'll he tapered inner end ot the shank is formed with flat sides in which are provided sockets i3 and mounted upon the shank is handle 14. This handle may be llormed ot wood or other approved materialV and is reduced at its inner end portion while upon the outer end of the handle-are mounted a plurality of reinforcing rings l5 of leather or other approved material. However, if preferred, a metal Lterrule may be substituted in lieu of the rings. Formed' in the handle from the smaller end thereof is a longitudinally directed V-shaped kert and snugly fitting in said kerf is a resilient V- Serial No. 554,914.

shaped strip constituting a pair ot aws 16. the strip being preferably of steel. The jaws diverge toward the inner end of the handle and, at their extremities, are bent laterally in opposite directions to forni loops 17 engaging over the ends ot the portions ot the` handle at opposite sides ot the hert therein. les shown in Fig. 2, the tapered inner end ll or" the tool shank l0 snugly fits between the jaws and extending through the inner end of said shank, through the jaws, and through the handle, is a rivet or other suitable 'las tening device 18, pivotally connecting the handle with the shank and holding the jaws against displacement. Formed on the jaws are knobs 19 normally engaging in the sockets 13 of the shank, locking the handle in alinement with the shank. It found more feasible, the tool shank may be provided wi h the knobs and the jaws with the sockets.

As will now be readily understood in View ot the preceding description, the jaws 16 will resiliently grip the tool shank l0 for maintaining the handle locked in alinement with the shank as well as preventing any looseness between the handle and the shank. Accordingly, the tool will provide an efli cient screw-driver and, it desired, thehandle may, as shown in Fig. 3, be rocked to a position extending' at right angles to the shank so as to obtain a greater leverage upon the shank. Moreover, when the handle is thus disposed the tool is converted into a mallet, the handle then providing a niallet head and the shank a handle for the head. In this posit-ion of the handle 14, the jaws le will grip the end ot the shank l() for trictionally holding the handle against individual movenient upon the shank'so that the tool may be readily employed as a mallet.

ln Fig. 4; ot the drawing, I have illustrated the manner in which the handle herein shown may be employed in connection withy other tools such, tor instance, as a file., as conventionally illustrated at 20. The handle is indicated at 2l, the jaws therein at 22, and the loops at the free ends of the jaws at 23. When the handle is so used, l preferably connect t-he jaws by a link 24; threaded through the loops 23, the link being designed to prevent undue spreading of the jaws. As illustrated, the tapered inner end or" the file is driven between the jaws for connecting the handle with the file, the jaws being thus caused to grip the inner end of the le for irmly securing the handle thereon. Thus, the handle inay be readily lattached yto or detached from the file; and, as will be appreciated, the handle may, inflile manner, ,he connected` with vla- `rious other tools.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimedas new is: Y

'1. A tool of the character'described including a' tool vshank having a tapered inner end, a handle pivotal'ly mounted upontlie inner end ofthe shank, and ,-shap'e'd strip carried by the handle to ilorrn coasting jaws straddling the Vtapered inner end of the.

theY tapered end .of a'tool wedged between the jaws,

3. In a device of, the character described, a tool handle including. a body having a longitudinally directed kerf therein, andV a Y resilient -V-Vshaped strip seated in said kerf and having the sides thereof forming a pair Y of coacting diverging jaws to straddle the tapered end of a tool'wedged between the iaws.

y 4. In a device of the character described, a tooly handle including' a bodyfhavinga longitudinally directed kerf therein, a resilient V-shaped strip seated in saidkerf and having' the sides thereof forming` a pair 0'? lcoacting' diver-ging jaws tojstraddle the tapered end of a tool wedged between 'the jaws, and means extending-between thev free end portions of the jaws andV connecting said vend portions of theV jaws VwithvieachV other "limiting the free yends .ofthe jawsvagainsr spreading. u

In'testiinony whereof I ailix my sign ature.

EMIL JOI-INSGAARD. Irre] 

